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A simple synthesis of 6-deoxoteasterone and its 20-epimer
Watanabe, Bunta,Yamamoto, Shuji,Sasaki, Kanako,Nakagawa, Yoshiaki,Miyagawa, Hisashi
, p. 2767 - 2769 (2007/10/03)
6-Deoxoteasterone, a brassinolide biosynthetic intermediate, and its 20-epimer were synthesized from steroidal 17-olefin and chiral α-alkoxyaldehyde using a Lewis acid mediated carbonyl-ene reaction as the key step. In this reaction, unusual stereoselectivity was observed.
